A total of 98,762 Bangladeshis intending to perform Hajj this year, including 1,505 under government management, have deposited their Hajj money. This was revealed at the fifth meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Religious Affairs Ministry on Wednesday, which...
Dubai's developer Nakheel behind the famed man-made palm-shaped islands says it is repaying 7.9 billion dirhams, or roughly $2.1 billion, four years before the last installment is due. The indebted state developer was scheduled to repay the credit over three...
Global steel production rose 1.7 per cent in July over 12 months, driven mainly by growth in Chinese output, the World Steel Association (WSA) said on Wednesday. Steel is used in most industrial processes and is an important indicator of...
The tender for constructing the 1290-meter-long third Shitalakhya bridge involving Tk 3.77 billion was floated on Wednesday. Communications Minister Obaidul Quader disclosed this at a meeting at the Secretariat on traffic jam and water logging problem due to the construction...
Vietnam and Myanmar are testing three patients for the deadly Ebola virus after they arrived in the Southeast Asian nations from Africa while suffering from fever, health officials said. Two Nigerians were sent to Ho Chi Minh City's Tropical Diseases...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday underscored the need for a united stance of the Muslim Ummah to protect its rights against the backdrop of the ongoing crisis in Palestine. The Prime Minister came up with the remark when Deputy...
Thursday is the 10th anniversary of the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital that killed 24 party leaders and activists, including AL women affairs secretary Ivy Rahman, wife of late...
The tests for admission into medical and dental colleges of Bangladesh will take place on October 24. The examinations will be held from 10am to 11:00am for all public and private medical and dental colleges at the same time, Medical...
The steady rise in Bangladesh's exports to China in the recent years is no tiny blip. Trade circles in the country consider it a strong indication and pushed vigorously, it might become a major watershed in boosting exports to one...
Abu Ahmed | 2014-08-20 00:00:00
For some, gloom never ends. It was chasing them since 2010. For others, gloom came to an end as they behaved professionally. The gloom prolonged for those who purchased the stocks in the too-hot a market of 2010 and then...
Monir Bhuiyan | 2014-08-20 00:00:00
Do you know why political leaders are always so optimistic? Don't you get it yet? ……it is because; he/she has some companions who always keep him/her obsessed with dreams/fantasy with their crushing ability of persuasion. However, now, think of a...
It is good to learn that Malaysia will open its market to Bangladeshi workers for many new sectors. Recently, the Malaysian human resources minister visited our country and assured his counterpart of it. Malaysia is a popular destination for manpower...
Sakib has topped the list of test all-rounder players. The news will surely boost the morale of the banned ace-cricketer of Bangladesh and create sympathy for him among the cricket lovers of our country. Hopefully, it will increase his chances...
All of a sudden, the price of eggs has increased in the local market. Even just before Eid, the price of a dozen of eggs was Tk 80 to 90 but now the eggs are being sold for Tk 100...
Dhiman Chowdhury | 2014-08-20 00:00:00
Accumulation of productive capital assets is only a proximate cause of prosperity; the real cause is progressive institutions. There is little to argue about grandiose projects (steel mills, petrochemical plants, land reform, public health programmes and free education) unless a...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-08-20 00:00:00
Possibly it was in 1998 when this writer was waiting at the departure lounge of Bangkok's Don Muang Airport to board a plane for Kuala Lumpur. He was to attend an in-service training in the New Straits Times for a...
Abdullah Mohibuddin from Waterloo, Canada | 2014-08-20 00:00:00
On the 1st day of each month I sit with the computer to pay all monthly bills through online. Here in Canada, every bank has set up their internet banking. Internet banking is convenient, easy and 100 per cent secure....
F R Chowdhury | 2014-08-20 00:00:00
Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)-82, every state that has ships plying with its flag should maintain a register of these ships keeping necessary particulars so that it can exercise its jurisdiction and control...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-20 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Aug 19: A good number of farmers at different villages under Mithapukur Upazila in the district are producing vegetables using eco-friendly pheromone trap instead of harmful pesticides and they are getting financially benefited by using the trap at lesser...
Professor Muzaffer Ahmad and Dr Swadesh Ranjan Bose were given Bangladesh Bank Award 2013 posthumously on Wednesday for their lifetime and distinct contribution to the economy and the development of the country. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith handed a...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 19 (BSS): More than 4,800 urban slum families are getting housing facilities in Rajshahi city in phases for elevating their living and livelihood condition. The underprivileged households, who have lands but not capacity to construct house, are getting...
CHANDPUR, Aug 19 (UNB): A newly-wed woman allegedly committed suicide at her father's residence at Nayergaon village in Matlab (South) upazila on Monday. The victim was identified as Jyotee Begum, 19, wife of Ziaur Rahman of Nandikhola village in the...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 19 (BSS): Water level in all the major rivers except the Teesta flowing through the district rose sharply in last 24 four hours till this morning due to on rush of hilly waters from the upstream and incessant...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 19 (UNB): Police recovered hanging body of a housewife from her residence at Arefin Nagar under Bayezid police station in the city on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Lipi Begum,23, wife of Murad Mia. Swapan Saha,officer-in-charge...
JESSORE, Aug 19 (BSS): One bank employee was killed and five others were injured in a road accident in Hatbila area on Jessore-Khulna Highway under Sadar upazila here today. The deceased was identified as Abdul Gaffar, 50, of Shakharigati in...
SATKHIRA, Aug 19 (UNB): With a large number of people being engaged in rearing ducks, a silent revolution has been created in poultry industry of the south-western district of Satkhira. Many people are now opting for duck rearing as it...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 19 (UNB): A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her neighbours over a land-related dispute at Chowdala village in Gomostapur upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Firoza Begum,65, wife of Ishaq Miah, a resident...
FARIDPUR, Aug 19 (BSS): A five day long free advanced training workshop titled 'Training of Trainers'(TOT) on online for the outsourcing aspirants and free lancers organized by the Information and Communication Technology(ICT) Division of the government in collaboration with district...
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